WANDS · Page
Page of Wands
Spark, apprentice heat. A message of yes, a student of fire. Receive the impulse; do not yet appoint yourself captain of it.
- ELEMENT
- fire
- NUMBER
- Court — receive: apprentice heat. The spark as student, not as brand.
- MODE
- Receive — the news arrives
- SYMBOLS
- a young figure studying a stave that is already leafing, attention as ignition · a desert or open ground, room to be unskilled · a red hat, the first public color of will · the wand held like a letter just arrived
UPRIGHT
- +beginner's curiosity with a match in it
- +news of a chance
- +play that could become craft
- −starting a dozen apprenticeships
- −enthusiasm without a teacher
- −mocking the unskilled, including yourself
- IN LOVE
- A crush, a brave small invitation, the first heat of a tone. Let it be a page, not a vow.
- IN WORK
- An intern energy in you or around you: research, a pitch, a class. Feed it. Do not demand a masterpiece.
- IN SELF
- You are allowed to be new at a fire you respect. Receive. Then practice.
REVERSED
The spark is ignored, scattered, or used as restlessness — a message unopened, or a student who will not be taught.
- Blocked — the upright current exists and is dammed.
- Excess — the current is overplayed.
- Shadow — the unused face of the card.
Blocked Page of Wands sits on the letter. Excess Page is all spark, no study. Shadow Page mocks beginners to feel advanced.
- PAIRS WELL WITH
- Ace of WandsThe FoolEight of PentaclesThree of Wands
- TENSES WITH
- King of WandsFour of CupsNine of Wands
WHAT WE WILL NOT SAY ABOUT THIS PLATE
- a young person is coming into your life
- you're immature
- follow every new idea